Osteopathy and sports


Osteopathy is an ideal therapy for athletes or anyone practicing cycling, yoga, dancing, running, contact sports, skiing, just to name a few! Physical health is above all a matter of prevention and our team of osteopaths in Equisens has the mission to help you achieve this.


Prevent injuries:


When our body undergoes regular or intensive training, it is normal that its balance is compromised. This is called the adaptation phenomenon: after sequences of training, even commonplace falls, the body uses protective mechanisms to ensure the continuity of its functions. Thereafter, we can observe an accumulation of fatigue, muscle tensions will appear and symptoms of pain will impair our training or our quality of life.  

​The osteopath is here to help people better understand what are called dysfunctions and the effects they have on the systems (circulatory, digestive, nervous, endocrine). By restoring mobility to the structures concerned, the body is helped to regain a better resilience in relation to its environment.
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Treat injuries:


​No one is safe there! Despite the efforts invested in healthy lifestyle habits, accidents can occur or a readjustment in exercises can be necessary in order to stabilize an apprenticeship.
Osteopathy allows the joints to maintain their physiological movement, it allows the muscles to relax, to maintain an effective flexibility and it also allows a better blood circulation and a quality venous return (key role in the phenomenon of recovery).
Thus, the so-called inflammatory phenomena (tendonitis and bursitis in the shoulder, elbow, ankle and hip) are less likely to persist or reappear when they are present expects the least.

When an injury occurs after a trauma (spasms and muscle tears, sprains and fractures) osteopathy plays a crucial role at the postural level. Indeed, unconsciously the body will want to avoid the pain felt to keep a good level of energy. It will therefore develop stratagems which, for a short time, will seem beneficial. However, over a long period of time, it is more likely that this de-balancing will cause other pain, other symptoms and unfortunately, a decrease in motivation in the injured person. The quicker the management of the injury, the better the chance for effective recovery!

Improve your performance:


Whether you are in a specific training program (indoors where you practice a sport or an activity with precise objectives to achieve), or you realize that your progress has reached a plateau, you can feel that your energy level seems insufficient. These 2 symptoms are often not listened to by the majority of healthy people and yet they are regularly precursors to a beginning of internal body imbalance.

​This is the specific time to pay a visit to an osteopath!

After a thorough examination of the different spheres to be investigated, your osteopath will be able to restore the functions that hinder the freedom of movement of your body. Mobility of the pelvis (joints between lumbar vertebrae, sacroiliac and coxo-femoral), lower limbs (at the level of the knee, ankle and bones of the foot) and the thoracic cage (the vertebrae, Ribs, musculature responsible for respiration and ligaments of the heart and lungs) is essential for free blood circulation and venous return. These two factors are crucial in maintaining the dynamic equilibrium in all those who want to optimize their system. Other causes (digestive system, cranial circulation, mobility of cervical vertebrae, gynecological and endocrine system in women) can also be in dysfunction and hinder your homeostasis. Your osteopath will help you regain your energy and your abilities in the pursuit of your goals.